SMC Leadership

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN

ELDER ADEYEMI SIJUWADE

A businessman of well over three (3) decades in Import, Export Haulage and Transportation, Cross Border Leasing, Estate Development, Building Construction, and Publications. He took the mantle of leadership of Same Global Systems Limited from inception in 2002 as a Co-Founder and led the Company to break ground in many facets of Housing Development. His experience cut across Teaching and Academics, Accounting and Auditing, and Construction among others. He is also into Mechanized Farming and Agro Processing. He believes in backward integration of the Nigerian economy and exploration of new fields of endeavors to boost the economy. He is a man with a large heart and a philanthropist of note.

PRESIDENT/CEO

Mr. BERNARD ETIENNE

A Forward-thinking entrepreneur with wide-ranging, multi-faceted experience in US private and public sector businesses. Mr. Etienne has over 20 years of experience managing various small businesses ranging from the Semiconductor industry, Real estate management, data center management, and Cybersecurity. He has provided consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses looking to penetrate the international market.

VICE CHAIRMAN – COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

HON. PAUL AIYENUGBA

A seasonal Public Administrator with vast experience in Public Private Partnership Initiatives. He made several efforts to the Corporate Bodies, Government, and High Network Individuals to see reasons for the development of the Solid Minerals Sector of Nigeria’s economy for employment generation and additional sources of income for the Government. On retirement from Public Service, he invested in Quarry and Stone Crushing to create employment opportunities for his community. He is a member of the Progressive Miners Empowerment Association of Nigeria.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

ENGR. EMMANUEL WOWO

A seasoned Petroleum Engineer with vast experience in Oil and gas. As an Executive Director of Operations of PPMC/ NNPC, he oversaw the regular supply of Petroleum Products in abundance all the time, especially during the festive period that has always been occasioned by scarcity. His records of achievements while in office at NNPC are yet to be equal or parallel. With pressure and several appeals from the Directors of SMC, he took over the mantle of the leadership of the company and immediately turned the fortune around by working with the Consultants and Bureau Veritas reports of the strange occurrences of arrays of solid minerals on the site and the needs for the expansion of the Cadastral units which he accomplished in a geometrical sequence. He is a consultant to many organizations on Oil & Gas related projects. He has set the template for growth in the Mining project with projections for many subsidiaries to spring up shortly. He is married with a happy family. Still stands.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION)

Mr. AJIBULU SHOLA GIDEON

A Banking and Finance Expert. He has over twenty (20) years of working experience in the Banking Industry. He has successfully managed a Micro Finance Bank to a successful height. He was involved in Loan Syndication for many Cooperative Societies and Small-Scale Industries. He joined resources with other investors as the formation of Sincerity Mining And Construction Co Ltd. He is a member of the Progressive Miners Empowerment Association of Nigeria.

VICE-PRESIDENT CORPORATE SERVICE

AYODELE AJIBIKE

A resourceful businessman with flair and specialty for Oil and gas, Energy, and Petroleum Services, who currently avails Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) his wealth of experience in Pipeline Management and Services. He is a man with a restless spirit for investment and development with portfolio investments in the Building and construction, Hospitality, and Entertainment Industries.

VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL SALES AND MARKETING

ENGR. ADESANYA SIJUWADE

A certified Cloud Engineer and a Computer and Information Technology Expert with a wide range of experience in his chosen field of endeavors. With a restless spirit for growth and development, he has laid his hands in many businesses with success stories. Chiefly among his entrepreneurial activities are the pulling of resources and wealth together with the experienced Captains and Barons of Commerce and Industries investing in new fields of business endeavors among which are but not limited to the following – Real Estate, Cross Border Leading of Equipment & Machineries, Hospitality Industry, Petroleum & Gas and Security Surveillance of NNPC Pipelines for over 3years and the latest been the Mining Project among many other success stories. He is married with Children.

DIRECTOR

DR. SAMSON OLADELE OGIN

A disciplined businessman who has hands in Quarry, Agric Processing, Animal Husbandry, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, and Haulage Services. He jointly founded Same Global Systems Limited in 2002 and remained as the Executive Chairman. He also co-founded other Companies such as Sam Oguns Nigeria Company Limited, IBL Construction Limited (A Company with about 350 Staff Strength), Lee High Properties Limited as the Executive Chairman, and others with an interest in Real Estate and Building Construction. His wealth of experience on several Boards of reputable companies was sought after by Sincerity Mining And Construction Co Ltd. in making him serve on the Board. His network of connections spanned through the Public and Private sectors of Nigeria’s economy. He is a man with high integrity.

Key Staff Personnel

GEOLOGIST

AJAY MESHRAM

A highly accomplished Mine Geologist with more than 10 years of work experience in various mining operations. A highly motivated professional who is a good team player with a personal drive to achieve results and meet set targets. Mr. Meshram has designed and implemented a geologic ore control program, established mineralogical-to-assay ore control parameters, implemented a pit and mapping program, and developed bench block models for lithology, alteration, and ore mineralogy. Mr. Meshram is a Liaison with operation supervisors to ensure strict compliance with safety, environment, and company procedures.

GENERAL MANAGER

MR. IBRAHIM AKEEM OLA

An experienced and perspicacious administrator with 30 years of experience. He possesses a stunning and incredible attention to detail. He has worked in various Management positions spanning Party Administration, Real Estate and Oil and gas, Hospitality, and superintended over the Remediation jobs and Pipelines Right Of Way, PROW, Contracts successfully executed by TASAS Oil & Gas Companies Ltd in NNPC Ltd.’s Subsidiary of old, PPMC.
He presently oversees the Management of Sincerity Mining & Construction Company Ltd.’s Secretariat and its smooth running.

GENERAL MANAGER- CONSTRUCTION

ENGR. DELE OLADIMEJI (MNSE, MNICE, M, ASCE, C.ENGR)

An erudite multidiscipline and dynamic professional with over twenty years in the fields of Building/Civil Engineering Construction, Oil and gas, properties, and other business endeavors. He is a corporate member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (MNSE), a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (M,ASCE), member of the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (MNICE). He is a Coren Registered Engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)

FINANCIAL ADVISORS

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS

CHIEF ADEWALE ADISA

A professional banker with over 30 years of banking and finance experience. He is a chartered banker and a chartered marketer. He is also an adaptive and responsible business and financial analyst, who has acquired extensive knowledge in the banking financial world. A British-trained banking and Finance executive who has undergone several professional studies, he has performed efficiently in the financial industry, establishing business requirements, performing efficiently in the financial industry, establishing business requirements, performing gap analysis, designing business processes, and reducing the cost of business. He has been consulting for the company since its inception.

PARTNER

Mr. KOLADE AFOLABI

An MBA from the Federal University of Technology Akure as well as a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti.
He had worked with Chartered Bank Limited now Stanbic IBTC for nine years Serving in various units including customer service, operations, credit and marketing, and treasury. He also worked with some private companies with experience in finance, procurement, aquaculture, exports, and logistics.

MINING ENGINEER

ENGR. SAMUEL BABALOLA

A trained Mining Engineer from Federal University of Technology, Akure with over 14 years of experience on the field. He has an MBA from the University Of The People, Pasadena, California, USA. He has worked in construction company, and also a consulting firm with diverse honours. He is experience in Pit design, Drilling and Blasting, Mineral Processing and diverse extraction methods.